"BOUT A SPOONFUL"

A spoon is a fully flexible kneeboard, invented and developed by George Greenough circa 1964. They don't paddle well, only carrying about 10 lbs. before sinking. They aren't wide or long, so they don't ride weak surf. Therefore they aren't very popular.

But! being the only fully flexible surfboard, they can tap the juice and fit the required radius better than anything else on the water, bar none. So the spoon rider quickly becomes the dedicated spoon freak.

Next problem is getting one. No one likes to make them commercially because they are a real hassle. Also, few people know what makes them tick. This winter I found the old slump hit harder than usual so foolishly I bit off a few Greenough spoons--seven in all. I've spent six or seven or eight winters with George here and in California, seen him put together a few spoons. They've always fascinated me, so that's why I did it.

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